ON THE COVER 26
Sen. Ted Kennedy, accompanied by his son, Teddy, and daughter, Kara, journeys to famine-stricken Ethiopia and Sudan and writes movingly of "one of the worst human tragedies of our lifetime"
SEQUEL 41
Keir Dullea returns to orbit in 2010 and tells where he's been since 2001
IN THE MONEY 47
Kyla Drummond has the perfect antidote for "one of those days"—a placebo called Damitol
PAGES 50
Peter Straub and Stephen King merge their talents for terror in an instant bestseller
CONTROVERSY 57
Using a stolen treasure trove of memos from Howard Hughes, author Michael Drosnin claims the bizarre billionaire unwittingly precipitated Watergate
QUIZ 66
If you have trouble figuring out which TV blonde is Heather Donna Cheryl Morgan Mills Ladd, you're not alone
MEDICS 68
As a Maryland community reacts with fear and confusion to Johnny Bigley, a schoolboy with herpes, pediatrician Laverne Wintermeyer casts light upon the much-misunderstood virus
SCREEN 73
Newcomer Bronson Pinchot steals a chunk of Beverly Hills Cop from Eddie Murphy, and in other flicks little-known actors pilfer applause from Goldie Hawn, Robert De Niro, Matt Dillon and Richard Gere
ON THE JOB 78
Gag writer Doug Gamble helped President Reagan have the last laugh
IN HIS OWN WORDS 80
Who's America's all-time greatest popular singer? Frankly, critic John Rockwell says, it's Sinatra
HEIRS 89
Three generations of John Gamblings spawned a New York radio dynasty that keeps on rambling
SPLIT 93
A sensational divorce trial embroils Cabinet member Margaret Heckler and husband John
MOVE 94
Pro football's Mike Reid quit crunching quarterbacks to score as a country music songwriter
TRIBUTE 99
A Polish immigrant's 16-year-old son is buried in his native country after tragically concealing his illness from his impoverished parents
MAIL 4
PICKS & PANS 9
Brad Davis tries to resurrect Robert Kennedy for the tube on a CBS miniseries, and Buffalo Bill's Geena Davis returns to sitcomland in NBC's Sara
Mel Gibson and Diane Keaton team as lovers on the lam in Mrs. Soffel, and Goldie Hawn presents diplomatic credentials in Protocol
In Willard Scott's Down Home Stories, Today's weatherman turns author
Former Eagle Don Henley sings of Building the Perfect Beast on a solo album
TAKE ONE 25
STAR TRACKS 48
Pamela Bellwood hears bells in Nepal
Billy Idol mugs
Tony Randall dons a monocle for a TV special
Another royal servant bites the dust, and London papers call it Di-saster
What do you say to a naked etching of yourself? Ask Pia Zadora
PEOPLE PUZZLE 86
CHATTER 102
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